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WATERVILLE, Maine – Waterville Police Chief Bill Bonney told The Maine Wire in an interview Tuesday morning that his opposition…
LEWISTON, Maine – In a wide-ranging interview with The Maine Wire, Lewiston Police Chief Carly Conley painted a sobering picture…
Rep. Randall Hall (R-Wilton) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of unsworn falsification and criminal violation of the Maine Clean…
JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg, who’s been touting his alleged opposition to the U.S. aiding Israel with weapons, now all of…
By Neil Harper of the Maine Wire I drive into the Fighting Oligarchy Tour at Thompson’s Point featuring Bernie Sanders,…
Two huge wins Tuesday in Texas elections for President Trump – including defeating John Cornyn by nearly 30 points. Ken…
Portland voters are being asked to weigh in on a $179.3 million school budget at the ballot box this June.…
Secretary of State (SoS) Shenna Bellows decided on Tuesday to remove the referendum question to protect girls’ sports and spaces…
In the wake of an attack on him by Democrat Hannah Pingree, the GOP’s Bobby Charles is challenging her to…
Graham Platner is now taking incoming from his own party, including a congressman saying he’s disqualified due to his skin…
PORTLAND, Maine – After a bruising week filled with controversy and growing scrutiny, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner appeared…
SEARSMONT, Maine – Sen. Susan Collins joined residents in Searsmont on Memorial Day as the community gathered to honor members…
Two peas in a pod, as they say. In one corner, U.S. Senate Democrat candidate Graham Platner, who once said…
The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an…
Hannah Pingree apparently just woke up and suddenly realized she’s about to lose the Democrat primary for governor. Pingree on…
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee says the party is doomed if it keeps attacking Republicans without offering solutions.…
Janet Mills leaving her name on the ballot while pretending to quit the race is the oldest dirty trick in…
BOSTON – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s effort to turn a Boston Red Sox-themed political advertisement into a populist…
Last week, the United States Department of Justice threatened legal action against the State of Maine over a policy that…
WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump announced that a peace framework to end the U.S.-Israel war with Iran has been “largely lnegotiated” and…
WASHINGTON — A gunman was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service officers Saturday evening after authorities say he opened…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has announced a major shift in immigration policy that will require most foreign nationals living…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who couldn’t even manage a plate rollout, has announced her new political bedfellow -…
Staff Sgt. Joey Jones, a popular Fox News moderator who was previously almost mortally wounded in combat, has reenlisted in…
Troy Jackson, Hannah Pingree, and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows have formed an alliance in the Democratic gubernatorial race, vowing…
President Donald Trump spoke to the press from the Oval Office Thursday ahead of an expected ruling from the United…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump canceled plans to spend the weekend away from Washington and will skip his son Donald…
On June 3, 2026, the Maine Data Center Advisory Council, established via executive order by Gov. Janet Mills (D) earlier…
The U.S. House scored a victory for parental rights on Wednesday, passing a bill to prevent schools from hiding gender…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) sent a letter to the lawyer representing Gateway Community Services last…
A Maine church has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over alleged interference with members’ use of a hallucinogenic…
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a massive bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday that bars institutional investors from buying single-family homes,…
Tulsi Gabbard has announced that she is preparing to step down as the nation’s Director of National Intelligence at the…
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts moved Thursday to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to construct a 250-foot commemorative arch…
WOOLWICH, Maine – A large pro-Trump sign that stood for years on a ledge overlooking Route 1 in Woolwich has…
PORTLAND, Maine – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking Maine’s unredacted voter registration database, rejecting…
LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston man who lived at 210 Blake Street with now-disgraced former Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A top official in Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ office has recommended invalidating a citizen initiative…
The Maine Democrat Party reportedly canceled a Friday rally in Bangor set to feature Graham Platner and David Costello, the…
Platner’s campaign has been plagued by his derogatory comments about women. For Maine Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, the…
WASHINGTON – Iran has hardened its position in fragile peace negotiations with the United States, with the country’s Supreme Leader,…
The New Pan Atlantic Research Omnibus Poll spelled bad news for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), cemented Bobby Charles and Nirav…
SULLIVAN, Maine – A Maine parents’ advocacy organization is calling for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) to be…
LEWISTON, Maine – In Maine politics, controversies that once might have ended political careers now seem to generate little more…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating immigration fraud allegations against Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) Vice President J.D.…
Three Democrats running for the Second Congressional District Seat banded together on Wednesday and penned a letter to frontrunner Joe…
Nirav Shah shows a lead far beyond margin of error in five polls published May 19th by the New York…
BANGOR, Maine – Former Gov. Paul LePage joined Maine’s Morning News on WVOM Wednesday morning, telling host Ric Tyler that…
LEWISTON, Maine — One week after Lewiston voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $129.71 million school budget, the Lewiston City Council…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Janet Mills has ordered United States and State of Maine flags to be flown at half-staff…
SEARSMONT, Maine – State and federal investigators are continuing to treat the deadly fire and explosion at Robbins Lumber in…
WASHINGTON – Vice President JD Vance used a White House press briefing Tuesday to highlight the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown…
Both of Maine’s delegates in the United States Senate, Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I), have joined…
SULLIVAN, Maine – Just when it seemed Graham Platner’s controversies had reached what some at The Maine Wire jokingly call…
LEWSITON, Maine – Matthew Theriault of Mid Valley Motors Towing and Recovery filed a harassment order Friday against Lewiston community…
The U.S. House passed a bill on Thursday requiring an annual report on state and local governments that allow cashless…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) released a statement Monday reacting to the confirmation of Andrew B. Benson as the United States…
AUGUSTA, Maine – As Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor moved to restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities, the political battle over…
WATERVILLE, Maine – A Republican candidate for the Maine House says he was removed from an advisory role at a…
Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s father paid for him and his wife to receive fertility treatments in Norway, according…
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a request from Virginia officials to review a decision issued by the state’s…
Nirav Shah has just begun running a campaign commercial advising Maine residents to worry about a pandemic 7,000 miles away.…
The United States Senate confirmed Andrew B. Benson as the United States Attorney for the District of Maine and David…
Much of the discussion surrounding Graham Platner and his candidacy has focused on his Nazi tattoo, past controversial comments, fake…
PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland has selected Stantec to lead the development of Portland in Motion, a comprehensive…
The atmosphere at a youth ball game is usually a soundtrack of summer: the crack of the bat, the enthusiastic…
By Lisa Keim – Oxford County Commissioner, District 2 Like many of you, I look around Maine today and barely…
For months, Mainers were told not to believe what they were seeing. Vacant offices. Questionable billing. Nonprofits refusing to fully…
“Help out, Mainers! What’s the BEST lobster roll for @VP? JD Vance wants to know where to get the best…
A new New Hampshire Journal poll of Republican voters in New Hampshire suggests Vice President JD Vance has emerged as…
The United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution Thursday agreeing to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns. Under…
Just one day after Vice President JD Vance visited Maine and promised to crack down on the massive amount of…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a response to Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud visit to Bangor on Thursday, claiming that…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump wrapped up a two-day diplomatic state visit to Beijing on Thursday, meeting with Chinese President…
BANGOR — Vice President JD Vance came to Bangor Thursday with a blunt message for Maine: the fraud problem is…
Vice President J.D. Vance took questions from Maine Wire reporters Jon Fetherston and Seamus Othot Thursday afternoon at his appearance…
Show moreShow less BANGOR, Maine – Vice President JD Vance singled out The Maine Wire’s Jon Fetherston and Steve Robinson…
The United States Supreme Court has paved the way for Alabama’s new congressional map, drawn up in 2023, ahead of…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve, approving President…
WASHINGTON – Vice President JD Vance announced a sweeping federal crackdown on Medicaid, Medicare, hospice and home health care fraud…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins pressed the heads of the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration during a federal…
Voters in Cumberland and North Yarmouth have sent a combined $56.7 million school budget to the ballot for validation in…
The U.S. is placing a temporary pause on new Medicare billing enrollments for home healthcare and hospice providers amid a…
Vice President JD Vance, welcome to Maine. Thank you for coming! Thank you for acknowledging what too many elected officials,…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lead Maine Founder and Executive Director Laurel Libby, a Republican state representative, hosted a ranked-choice voting forum…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A contentious public hearing began Tuesday over a challenge to the Maine Girl Dads ballot initiative, a…
GORHAM — A growing controversy is unfolding in Gorham after absentee ballots for the June 9, 2026 school budget validation…
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) sent a letter to Maine’s Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary James Danly on Monday, asking…
The Chinese-born mayor of Arcadia, California, pleaded guilty on Monday to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government…
WASHINGTON – Multiple Maine airports will receive more than $13.6 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements through the Federal…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a $129.71 million public school…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive in Beijing Wednesday evening for a high-stakes three-day state visit with…
BANGOR, Maine – The Maine Republican Party announced that Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Bangor on Thursday to…
Early voting for the upcoming June 9 primary election is set to begin on Monday, May 11, 2026. On the…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Gerald Talbot, a major figure in Maine’s civil rights history and the first Black person ever elected…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s latest response to a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war,…
The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a redistricting proposal that would have allowed the state’s Democrat-controlled legislature to redraw…
LEWISTON, Maine – Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones brought his campaign to Lewiston on Saturday for a community cleanup aimed…
Political commentator Dick Morris dismissed the chances of Democrat Graham Platner defeating five-term U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, despite a recent…